List of organisms by chromosome count

This page lists the numbers of chromosomes in various plants, animals, protists, and other living organisms, given as the diploid number ("2n"), except as noted otherwise. This is not a comprehensive list, but instead should be seen as a cross-section of different groups.

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Bell, G. (1982). The Masterpiece of Nature: The Evolution and Genetics of Sexuality (University of California Press, Berkeley), p. 450, [4] (table with a compilation of haploid chromosome number of many algae and protozoa, in column "HAP").